French President Emmanuel Macron blasted online provocateur Candace Owens as a liar who “knew very well that she was spreading false information” about his wife Brigitte being born male.

The French leader criticized Owens in his first public comments since filing a defamation suit in Delaware last month, telling the Paris Match magazine that the conspiracy theorist pushed vile lies “with the aim of causing harm, in the service of an ideology.”

The president told the publication that he rejected aides’ advice to drop the matter and instead decided to pursue litigation because it was “a matter of defending my honor.” 4

“They’re talking about the identity of the first lady of France, of a wife, mother and grandmother. It’s a matter of defending my honor,” Macron said.

The French

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